““in his grace, God condescended to care for his creation. He has taken the initiative to bring healing. He entered into the world and brought redemption to it. God’s work of redemption required the incarnation of God the Son. The eternal second person of the Trinity came to earth as Jesus of Nazareth and assumed full humanity. As the God-man, he submitted to the limitations of the created order, yet without ceasing to be fully divine. As a substitute for the sin of the creatures, he submitted to death in order to defeat death through the resurrection of the dead. This act of condescension was not a temporary one; having become incarnate, Jesus will remain human forever.””